Marin Poetry Center

Yearly Potluck & Poetry: A Community Holiday Read Around

Monday, December 8, 2025, |  6:00- 8:00 pm | Location: Falkirk Cultural Center | 1408 Mission Ave, San Rafael Registration is required (click text to register) Join us for a cozy evening of poetry and delicious food at the Falkirk Cultural Center, a historic 1886 San Rafael (Marin County) mansion. This in-person event is the […]

MPC Reading Series: January 2026

Thursday, January 22nd, 2026, |  6:30- 8:00 pm | Location: Mill Valley Public Library (Creekside Room) | 375 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley, CA 94941 Registration Required (Click Text to Register)

MPC Reading Series: Clive Matson, Garrett Murphy & Terra Oliveira November 2025

Thursday, November 6th, 2025, |  6:30- 8:00 pm | Location: Mill Valley Public Library (Creekside Room) | 375 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley, CA 94941 Registration Required (Click Text to Register) Join us for our monthly Poetry Reading Series featuring Clive Matson, Garrett Murphy, and Terra Oliveira.   Clive Matson was taught by Beat Generation writers […]

Reading Series: Tureeda Mikell & Sharon Coleman

Thursday, October 23rd, 2025, |  6:30- 8:00 pm | Location: Mill Valley Public Library (Creekside Room) | 375 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley, CA 94941 Registration Required (Click Text to Register) Let’s fall into a new season of poetry with a luminous reading by Maxine Chernoff and David Watts. Come out for the poems and cool […]

Marin Poetry Center Reading Series: Maxine Chernoff & David Watt

Thursday, September 4th, 2025, |  6:30- 8:00 pm | Location: Mill Valley Public Library (Creekside Room) | 375 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley, CA 94941 Registration Required (Click Text to Register) Let’s fall into a new season of poetry with a luminous reading by Maxine Chernoff and David Watts. Come out for the poems and cool […]

Petaluma Poetry Walk

Sunday, September 21 | 5pm | Petaluma Historical Library and Museum
 4th Street, Petaluma We invite you to join Marin’s 2nd Youth Poet Laureate, Anaya Ertz, for the Petaluma Poetry Walk! Anaya will be reading alongside Sonoma Youth Poet Laureate Lisa Zheng and CalPoets Executive Director Meg Hamill, and will be hosted by John Johnson. […]

Youth Poetry in the Parks

Saturday, September 13 | noon | China Camp Village, San Rafael  We invite you to join Marin's 2nd Youth Poet Laureate and Ambassadors for Poetry in the Parks, presented by Quiet Lightning and California State Parks! During the day-long arts festival, our youth poets will take the stage at the top of the program, followed […]

MPC Traveling Show Episode 11

AUGUST 24th | 3 - 4 PM | Mill Valley Public Library 375 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley, CA 94941 Host: Jayne McPherson Readers: Laurel Benjamin, Rebekah Wolman, Barry Peterson, Sian Killingsworth, Linda Michel-Cassidy, Tobey Hiller Hear local poets recite their poetry in the Marin Poetry Center's Traveling Show.

MPC Traveling Show Episode 12

September 6th | 2 - 3 PM | Berkeley Public Library - South Branch 1901 Russell St, Berkeley, CA 94703 Host: David Booth Readers: Susan Cohen, Jeanne Wagner, Gabrielle Rilleau, Laurel Feigenbaum, Angelika Quirk Hear local poets recite their poetry in the Marin Poetry Center's Traveling Show.

MPC Traveling Show Episode 10

AUGUST 16TH | 2 - 3 PM | Stinson Beach Public Library 3521 Shoreline Hwy, Stinson Beach, CA 94970 Host: Sandra Cross Readers: Donna Emerson, Dotty LeMieux, Kathleen McClung, Sharon Sittloh, Karen Marker, Sandy White Hear local poets recite their poetry in the Marin Poetry Center's Traveling Show.

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